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Antique c.1825 Musical Snuff Box, 3 tune, incl. Paganini Waltz

$ 176.88

Availability: 72 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    Here is a typical circa 1820-25 musical snuff box with original tune program label inside the lid,  playing 3 lovely melodies: Waltz Paganini; Galop de Gustav; & Qui Voila ____ sont les ____(?). Mechanically in excellent condition, showing no damages, older repairs no comb, tip or cylinder pin bends or losses. Does lack it's geneva stopwork, but otherwise works & performs very nicely. The Tortoise shell case with impressed dimensional scene on top: "Vue de La Place de la Concorde a Paris" is virtually intact, excepting for the left side, which shows some damages around where the lacking tune change/repeat button control should be. With some tender loving case repair to the left side & a replacement covering over the musical movement, this will be a great addition to anyone's collection of early 19th century musical snuff boxes. Catch the video & hear the melodies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqkcbf2NFq4